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The Pod Charles Cinecast

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The official podcast of The Prince Charles Cinema in London! Consider this an audio guide to the programme of your favourite independent cinema, as told by the people who help run the place.
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Episodes

Zombies 101 - FRANCHISED

Welcome to Season 2 of FRANCHI$ED! In this episode, hosts Jonathan Foster, Ariane Anantaputri, and newcomer this season Fil Freitas take you on a journey with the undead. We're talking Zombies this season and the films that started it all with George A. Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, as well as the rest of Romero's zombie films. Alongside this, we will explore its loose spin-off series RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD and a few Zombie Side Missions! In this introduction episode, we will talk about ...

Oct 04, 202131 min

Mortal Kombat : Test Your Might

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas get invited to the mysterious land of Outworld. There they learn that the future of Earth is at stake in an ancient martial arts tournament called MORTAL KOMBAT! You asked for it and we're giving it to you! A wild Anderson has appeared to challenge Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson – It's Paul W.S. Anderson! And he is entering his 1995 fantasy action video game adaption MO...

Sep 22, 20211 hr 23 min

Munchausen Syndrome by Phantom Thread

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas travel back to the haute couture world of 1950's London and see about a renowned dressmaker, who takes his work a little too seriously in Paul Thomas Anderson's 8th feature PHANTOM THREAD! Starring Daniel Day-Lewis in his swan song performance and the woman of a thousand faces Vickey Krieps, Phantom Thread is Paul Thomas Anderson's low-key quintessential rom-com. The film is f...

Sep 08, 20211 hr 41 min

Moonrise Kingdom aka Project MK Ultra

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas find themselves enrolled as Khaki Scouts at Camp Ivanhoe on the New England island of New Penzance. There they witness the great escape of an orphaned fellow scout and get caught up in a storm of biblical proportions. It's Wes Anderson 2012 coming-of-age comedy drama MOONRISE KINGDOM, starring newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, alongside Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill...

Sep 01, 20211 hr 36 min

Incoherent Vice

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas find themselves in a hazy daze in 1970s California, as they try to solve the ultimate mystery – What in the hell is going on in Paul Thomas Anderson's 7th feature? Of course, we are talking about PTA's 2014 neo-noir crime comedy INHERENT VICE, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Katherine Waterston, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson (a bonafide Anderson vs Anderson crossove...

Aug 25, 20211 hr 49 min

The Master and His Drunken Dog

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas go back to post-war California and find themselves stowaways upon the ship of a man leading a new spiritual movement called The Cause. We're in Week 10 of our Anderson vs Anderson arc and we're talking Paul Thomas Anderson's 2012 period drama, and not-so subtle riff on scientology, THE MASTER, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. Is PTA's sixth featu...

Aug 11, 20211 hr 58 min

The Life Isolation with Steve Zissou

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas, fresh off of holiday and one member stricken with Covid, take an imaginary trek off the coast of Italy to dive into the depths of the seas in search for the elusive jaguar shark... It's Week 7 of our #AndersonvsAnderson arc and this time to throw on your red caps, lace up your Zissou special edition Adidas and practice your pointing, because we're taking on Wes Anderson's 200...

Jul 21, 20211 hr 52 min

Punch-Drunk Love : A rom-com about Pudding

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas explore the broken bellows of the harmonium that is a 90 minute Paul Thomas Anderson rom-com(?)... It's Week 6 of our #AndersonvsAnderson arc and we're talking Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 pudding-filled romantic comedy-drama PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE, starring the at-the-time questionable choice of a pre-Uncut Gems Adam Sandler in the lead role, as well as Emily Watson and Philip Seymo...

Jul 14, 20211 hr 40 min

FRANCHISED (S1E1) - The Fast and the Furious : This is My Avengers

Jonathan and Fil are on holiday this week, so instead of The Pod Charles Cinecast, we've decided to introduce you all to our new show FRANCHISED, where each season we go through a different Hollywood movie franchise, one film at a time. And what better way to start you off, than with the first episode from Season One covering THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS (2001)! Franchised is basically our sister podcast, so if you like what we do each and every week, then you will enjoy this show! If you like what ...

Jul 07, 20211 hr 17 min

I saved Latin, yet I was still expelled from Rushmore

This week on The NEW Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas enrol in a prestigious prep academy to take lessons in their newly saved Latin programme. Who said Latin was a dead language? It's Week 3 of our new arc #AndersonvsAnderson and we're studying up on Wes Anderson's sophomore feature RUSHMORE! It's both the debut film role of Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray's first step into the twee world of Wes Anderson. How does this com...

Jun 16, 20211 hr 37 min

Batnips and Robin

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas return to the mean streets of Gotham to break the ice with the king of puns, while trying to avoid letting a beautiful poisonous plant lady come between them! It's Joel Schumacher's 1997 neon-drenched follow-up to Batman Forever – BATMAN & ROBIN! Starring the self-proclaimed killer of the series George Clooney as Batman, Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, Uma Thurman as ...

Apr 28, 20211 hr 46 min

Napoleon Dynamite : Your Mom Goes To College

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan and Fil are headed to Idaho to check in on our favourite dancing nerd and his dysfunctional family. It's the 2004 runaway hit indie comedy NAPOLEON DYNAMITE directed by Jared Hess and starring Jon Heder. It's Tyler, The Creator's favourite film and we decided to see how it holds up after 17 years. So put on your Vote For Pedro t-shirt, grab your chapstick, heat up your tots and get loose to "Canned ...

Apr 14, 20211 hr 36 min

King Kong vs Godzilla

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan and Fil are whisked off to the mysterious Skull Island in search of the 8th Wonder of the World King Kong, before heading to Japan to witness the birth of the first kaiju Gojira It's the final instalment of REBOOT MONTH and it's a big one – as we have a Battle of the Strange Beasts! First we cover the iconic monster movie full of adventure and wonder that started it all with KING KONG (1933), follow...

Mar 31, 20211 hr 56 min

I ain't afraid of no Ghostbusters

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan and Fil exorcise the spirits of the podcast with Ivan Reitman's 1984 comedy classic GHOSTBUSTERS starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson! It's the second instalment in our REBOOT MONTH series where we are talking classic films that will see a Sequel, Remake or Reboot in the coming year. With a questionable sequel, cartoons, video games and a controversial reboot already in t...

Mar 24, 20212 hr 14 min

Welcome to the Space Jam

Remember when the Greatest Basketball Player of All-Time Michael Jordan teamed up with the Greatest Cartoon Character of All-Time Bug Bunny and saved the Looney Tunes from an eternity of slave labour on Moron Mountain, all set to the tunes from the Greatest Soundtrack of All-Time? This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan and Fil hit the court to reminisce about the greatest game of basketball ever played in the 1996 live-action/animation h...

Feb 24, 20211 hr 33 min

Eddie Murphy x 7 = The Nutty Professor

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster & Fil Freitas are back to see in the New Year with all that extra holiday weight! After weeks of guilt eating, the pair desperate to get back into shape, look to none other than the 1996 Eddie Murphy comedy classic THE NUTTY PROFESSOR for inspiration. Is there more to this film than a fat suit and fart jokes? Tune in to find out... Follow The Podcast: http://twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast http://i...

Jan 13, 20211 hr 34 min

Arnie Jetpacks the Shark

"Put that cookie down, NOW!!" This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster & Fil Freitas try to beat the rush of all the Holiday-themed film podcasts with the ultimate Arnold Schwarzenegger holiday classic – 1996's JINGLE ALL THE WAY ! With a supporting cast of Sinbad, Rita Wilson, Phil Hartman and the kid who played Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace, does this satire on the commercialisation of Christmas hold up or does Arnie Jetp...

Nov 30, 20201 hr 32 min

How AKIRA won the West

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster & Fil Freitas travel to see why Neo-Tokyo 2019 is about to explode! It's Katsuhiro Ôtomo's 1988 animated cyberpunk masterpiece AKIRA! It's one of the greatest films of all-time and it opened the floodgates to Japanese Anime in the West. Hear the story of how it went from the epic manga to the big screen!

Oct 19, 20201 hr 44 min

The Social Network you probably regret introducing your parents to

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by the Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas find themselves in a dorm at Harvard where a young cyborg posing as a college student is about to invent Facebook : the social network that has torn as many families apart as it has brought together. Worst of all, it killed MySpace and forced all the scene kids to cut their hair and remove their lip rings; resulting in slightly less egregious selfies. It's David Fincher's 2010...

Oct 05, 20201 hr 47 min

Star Wars : Return of the Scruffy-looking Nerf Herders

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas make their third (and final???) voyage to a galaxy far, far away to complete the Original Trilogy... It's STAR WARS : RETURN OF THE JEDI and you better believe it's chock full of Ewoks, Sith Lords, and complaints about the unnecessary additions in later releases. "It's A Trap!" What else do you expect? If you'd like to support The Prince Charles Cinema during this time, you ca...

Aug 03, 20202 hr 12 min

The Tragic Tale of Twilight Zone : The Movie

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas unlock a door to another dimension and discover the depths of Twilight Zone : The Movie! When four of the most iconic directors of all-time (Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Joe Dante, George Miller) teamed up to bring Rod Serling's legendary TV Show to the big screen, it should have resulted in one of the biggest cinematic successes of a generation. But after an on set tragedy ...

Jul 20, 20201 hr 38 min

I always wanted to be a Goodfella

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are joined by PCC Duty Manager and Photography Zinester Dusty Keeney to explore the life and times of Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's iconic gangster classic GOODFELLAS! We hope it amuses you... If you'd like to support The Prince Charles Cinema during this time, you can do so by purchasing a Membership or Gift Membership here: princecharlescinema.com/PrinceCharles….dll/Page?p...

May 21, 20202 hr 8 min

A Couple of Scruffy-looking Nerf Herders talk about Star Wars

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, our hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas venture off to a galaxy far, far away with A New Hope in mind for the future! Along the way they discuss the often requested and impossible to screen 1977 classic Star Wars, directed by George Lucas! May The Force Be With You! If you'd like to support The Prince Charles Cinema during this time, you can do so by purchasing a Membership or Gift Membership here: princecharlescine...

May 07, 20202 hr

Mad Max : Penguin Road

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas are joined by the returning Ariane Anantaputri, as the trio travel into the wastelands of MAD MAX : FURY ROAD and come back with stories of dancing penguins! Give a listen and we ourselves will carry you through the gates of Valhalla. You shall ride eternal. Shiny, and chrome! If you'd like to support The Prince Charles Cinema during this time, you can do so by purchasing a Member...

Mar 28, 20201 hr 19 min

The Godfather makes Bojack Horseman an offer he can't refuse...

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster and Fil Freitas take the canoli... That's right! We're talking one of the greatest films of all-time : Francis Ford Coppola's THE GODFATHER! Hear about all the insane casting issues and struggles this legendary film went though to get made! Listen now or get the horse's head! Full Programme & Tickets -> bit.ly/2jszspM Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast twitter.com/TALL4ALL twitte...

Mar 11, 20201 hr 18 min

Episode 39 - A parasitic Snowpiercer invades the BongHive

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster and Caroline Frisk are hopping on the Bong Wagon with the returning Ed Mannion to chat Academy Award Winner Bong Joon-ho's SNOWPIERCER finally making it's way to our screens! Join the #BongHive! Full Programme & Tickets -> bit.ly/2jszspM Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/ThePCCPodcast twitter.com/TALL4ALL twitter.com/snylle4400 Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/ThePCCPodcast instagram.com/ca...

Feb 18, 202056 min

Episode 24 - The Lost Boys who find Jennifer's Body by using The Shining

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster and Ariane Anantaputri are nearing the end of Ariane's time in London, but there are still some kickass horror films (and conspiracies) to talk about... mostly Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING! Plus we have our first projectionist on the podcast, as Jamie Brooker jumps on to talk the wonderful world of film projection at The PCC! Highlights include: Projection 101 w/ Jamie Brooker Jennifer's Body Th...

Oct 16, 20191 hr 42 min

Episode 21 - Death Becomes Her when the American Psycho runs Amok! Amok! Amok!

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, presented by The Prince Charles Cinema, hosts Jonathan Foster & Ariane Anantaputri are joined by special guest Ed Mannion to discuss Mary Harron's 2000 tongue-and-cheek satire classic AMERICAN PSYCHO, but do they bite off a little more than they can chew when a familiar topic raises its head for the 2nd week in a row??? Highlights include: DEATH BECOMES HER HOCUS POCUS AMERICAN PSYCHO (with Ed Mannion) Full Programme & Tickets -> bit.ly/2jszspM

Sep 24, 20191 hr 27 min

Episode 13 - The non-linear tale of the Reservoir Dog Jackie Brown who reads Pulp Fiction

This week on The Pod Charles Cinecast, we discuss the programme from Friday 26th July 2019 & an all QUENTIN TARANTINO special with the return of Front of House Member Fil Freitas! Highlights include: RESERVOIR DOGS PULP FICTION JACKIE BROWN KILL BILL INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS THE HATEFUL 8 ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD and more! Full Tickets & Listings -> bit.ly/2jszspM

Jul 24, 20191 hr 38 min
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